A professional who creels looms, twisters, warpers, tufting, or other textile machines to change style of yarn or to replace exhausted yarn packages. Responsibilities include:

• Places yarn packages on spindle of creel, according to supervisor's instructions, color-coded spools, or number on yarn packages.
• Threads yarn through eyelet plate (yarn guides) or ties yarn ends to ends of yarn from preceding package to maintain continuous yarn supply.
• Cuts yarn ends from knots, using scissors, and discards yarn ends in waste container to prevent entanglement of yarn while moving through creel.
• Removes old yarn from machines before changing to different size or type of yarn.
• Cleans dust and lint from creel.
• May repair yarn breaks in creel.
• May replace yarn packages or spools when faulty yarn appears.